Maroon 5 - If You Only Knew Chords & Tabs

 

If You Only Knew Chords & Tabs

Maroon 5 Chords & Tabs

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If You Only Knew Chords

   
If You Only Knew
Maroon 5
Japagermanesian (tabber)
Novice difficultly unless you include solo stuff that's interemediate

I didn't bother to tab to solos but theyre prolly improv neways
this is mainly a piano chord song so i just did the basic idea by ear
keep in mind this is very BASIC
explanations first then song

Verses
C5, A5, A5, G5
think one two THREE for rhythm maybe pluck just the bass note for the first two hang on 
three a bit
my altered version
Cm7 Am7 A7 G (power chord with added 3rd on 4th string or G played like an F without the 
highest strings)

2nd half of verses/ bridge to chorus
B5, C5, D5, D5?, D#5 or Eb5

Chorus
C5, E5, F5, D5

guitar solo at end is over the chorus progression the bridge instumental part is pretty 
a do whatever you want part with slides and stuff
okay heres the song with chords placed as close as possible the verse is weird when 
the vocals to the chords


If You Only Knew

verse progression 4x (C5, A5, A5, G5)

come in on G5 4th time

Verse 1

          C5          A5       A5       G5        
     A5  A5  G5
I wake up thoughts of you tied to to my mind as I wonder,

        C5               A5        A5         G5     
  A5  A5  G5
What to wear what to eat who to be will I see you again,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/maroon_5/if_you_only_knew_crd.html ]
(bridge)
B5        C5              D5
And as my car breaks down I shake my head and say,

       Eb5
What a day,  hey hey

Chorus

C5          E5        F5                    D5
If you only knew what I went though just to get to you,

C5               E5      F5                  D5
I'm hanging from you and I'll hold on if you want me to,

Verse 2 riff for 2x come in on 2nd G5

      C5         A5           A5         G5      C5
Every bus, every train, every cab, every lane is jammed,

     C5              A5          A5         G5
So I look to the sky and I reach for planes with my hands,

B5        C5                 D5
If all my days go wrong I'll think about last night,

        Eb5
It went right, hey hey

Chorus

C5          E5        F5                    D5
If you only knew what I went though just to get to you

C5               E5      F5                  D5
I'm hanging from you and I'll hold on if you want me to

Instumental Bridge slide around or chromatic stuff at end

Last Chorus guitar improv outro starts during

C5          E5        F5                    D5
If you only knew what I went though just to get to you, hey

C5           E5      F5                      D5
I'm swinging you and there's nothing i would rather do

Guitar Outro
make sure to slide down at end